Omaha daily bee., 1887-09-15
How Photographs OF Criminals are
Tnken-Amusing Features.

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"Rogues' galleries" are modern institu.
necessity. New York. Boston and the
largest cities have them, and on smaller
scale the little cities have their collec-
tions. There are few more suggestive
places IN all New York City than the
rogues' gallery, where one can see the
pictures of noted criminals for years past
looking down at him. Some indicate the
reason for their being there by their re.
pulsve features; others, on the contrary,
belle the characters behind them and
make one query for what crimes they
should have place among the crowd.
1t may not generally be known that pic.
lures are taken in Springfield to adorn
this gallery. There must be some place
in every large section where criminals
can have their likenesses made. Spring
field is such place for Hampden county,
and Herman Buchools for the last few
years has been the photographer whose
duty or privilege it has been to do the
work. AS may be imagined, most of
the criminals taken to the studio
are not particularly anxious to
have their pictures taken to
grace rogue galleries all over the coun.
try it may be, and sometimes make de-
cided objections. Several methods have
been used for the purpose of making
likewise been many ways employed to
overrule them. Some of these are very
interesting. The worst trouble MIR.
Bucholz ever had with anybody was
with the swlndler, who, under the pre-
tense of being deaf and dumb, made sew
eral victims in and about Monson, telling
them he wanted money to enable him to
enter a deaf and dumb asylum. He was
finally arrested and brought here to have
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himself all the time he was in the studio.
He refused to be comfortcd, but would
make meaningless sounds expressing
utter defiance. He was tied to the chair
with his hands around his body, but he
lifted the chair, and finally could be
saulched only by the efforts of two or
three policemen. Another fellow was
taken and 1t was observed later that he
had his tongue out during the operation.
A threat to place him under solitary CON
finement unless he desisted settled his
case. The rise of instantaneous photo.
graphy has placed new weapon IN the
hands of the photographer. 1t is decid-
edly humliating to criminal,
who has determined to make
great struggle against the
operation, to be told that while he has
been talking the picture has been struck
off. 1t is one of the favorite tricks for
the photographer to get the fellows into
a fixed expression by arguing the matter
with them, and then suddenly snap"
him off. Some rage and fume, but it is
of no use; the picture is safely taken and
their murmurs are all in vain.
There are amusing features connected
with the business. Years ago there was
greater tendency to take" young
a single offense against them. Strange as
it may seem, some OF them used to think
it quite an honor to have the privilege.
There have been in the last three or four
years Il few women taken, including
''Sophy" Lyons, that noted pickpocket
One girl made much ado about fixing her
hair before her countenance was ''struck
off" Another girls picture was taken
from an old negative, which had been
made when she was treading the paths of
virtue two years before
some criminals on getting out of prison
have photographs made from the mega
tive taken for the rogues' gallery. There
are many who are so hardened, such as
"Humpy" Ward, arrested at the depot
few weeks ago as pickpocket, that all
shame is lost, and they care nothing for
their reputation, and feel perfectly un-
concerned in sitting down in the pho
tographer's chair.
The best day for the business was the
one on which those arrested at the two
hundred and tiftieth anniversary were
tried. There were eight noted pick
pockets taken that day, including "Sophy"
Lyons and "Bill' Wilson. The prisoners
are photographed after their conviction
IN the lower court. 1t is the habit now
to take only the more hardened fellows.
giving the others another chance. Copies
of the photographs are sent wherever
they are wanted. In some cases this in
cludes many of the rogue galleries in the
country. A picture taken here in the
morning can by O'clock IN the evening,
if wished, be hung up in New York and
Boston. OF course most of the pictures
are wanted in comparatively few places,
but the negatives are kept ready to be
used at any time.